Re: Types of Compounds

Jeffrey Jones wrote:
> One of the things I neglected to handle in MNCL was a method of compounding
> (MNCL has plenty of derivation). MNCL5 has inherited this deficiency, which I'm
> now trying to rectify. I could assign one of the unused (except for particles)
> final suffixes to each of the types of compounds. But first, what are all the
> different types? There's adjective + noun, of course, like "redbird".
>
> Jeff
Minza has (so far):

noun+noun (like mevævyňa "dream-realm" which I mentioned in the Imagine
thread, or veridan "tiger", from "stripe" + "lion").

noun+verb (kenaðæsek "anteater", from "ant" + "eat")

noun+adjective (kyľušaŋi "long-tailed", from "tail" + "long")

verb+noun (krizifirma "torch", from "burn [v]" + "light [n]")

verb+verb (padnašix "to stand up", from "stand" + "begin")

adjective+noun (mævilaka "old age", from "old" + "length of time")